Top 42 Songs From 2013

Our 8th annual retrospective and this year’s best songs compare wonderfully what has passed before. 2013 was certainly the year where I markedly left albums behind, not because I particularly wanted to but because time was in such short supply. That said I gave the biggies like MBV a good rattling before casting it aside quite mysteriously. And if that Dublin band’s return was a pleasant surprise so was the return of the baggy Madchester sound which boasts two entries on our Top 42 below (see if you can spot them). As with previous years the same rules apply in 2013 with an artist only appearing once despite how many good songs they have may have released this year. You’ll also notice the stream below playing back to front in an effort to build a modicum of tension on the way to the number one slot. Thank you 2013, you’ve been great! KD